{
  "name": "RainWillCome Readiness Standards Index",
  "version": "1.0",
  "collected": "2026-08-28",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "RainWillCome",
  "source_page": "https://rainwillcome.com/en/what-governments-recommend",
  "note": "Every figure is what that country’s own authority publishes. A null means the authority publishes no figure; nothing has been estimated.",
  "countries": 19,
  "rows": [
    {
      "country_code": "AU",
      "country": "Australia",
      "authority": "cfa.vic.gov.au",
      "authority_url": "https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/plan-prepare/your-bushfire-plan",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "AT",
      "country": "Austria",
      "authority": "SKKM, Staatliches Krisen- und Katastrophenschutzmanagement",
      "authority_url": "https://www.bmi.gv.at/204/skkm/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 14,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 42,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "BE",
      "country": "Belgium",
      "authority": "Centre de Crise National / Nationaal Crisiscentrum (NCCN)",
      "authority_url": "https://crisiscenter.be/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "CA",
      "country": "Canada",
      "authority": "Alert Ready",
      "authority_url": "https://www.alertready.ca/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DK",
      "country": "Denmark",
      "authority": "Styrelsen for Samfundssikkerhed, Forberedt på kriser",
      "authority_url": "https://www.samsik.dk/forberedt",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": 7
    },
    {
      "country_code": "FI",
      "country": "Finland",
      "authority": "Suomi.fi, Varautumisopas (preparedness guide)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.suomi.fi/oppaat/varautuminen",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 2,
      "total_litres_per_person": 6,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": true,
      "prescription_medication_days": 3
    },
    {
      "country_code": "FR",
      "country": "France",
      "authority": "Ministère de l'Intérieur, Sécurité civile",
      "authority_url": "https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/le-ministere/securite-civile",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 2,
      "total_litres_per_person": 6,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "DE",
      "country": "Germany",
      "authority": "BBK (Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.bbk.bund.de",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 10,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 2.8,
      "total_litres_per_person": 28,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "IE",
      "country": "Ireland",
      "authority": "OPW",
      "authority_url": "https://www.floodinfo.ie/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "IL",
      "country": "Israel",
      "authority": "Pikud HaOref (Home Front Command)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.oref.org.il/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 4,
      "total_litres_per_person": 12,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": true,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "IT",
      "country": "Italy",
      "authority": "Dipartimento della Protezione Civile",
      "authority_url": "https://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 2,
      "total_litres_per_person": 6,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "NL",
      "country": "Netherlands",
      "authority": "Denk Vooruit (Think Ahead)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.denkvooruit.nl",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": 7
    },
    {
      "country_code": "NZ",
      "country": "New Zealand",
      "authority": "Get Ready",
      "authority_url": "https://getready.govt.nz/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "PT",
      "country": "Portugal",
      "authority": "ANEPC (National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection)",
      "authority_url": "https://prociv.gov.pt/pt/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": null,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": null,
      "total_litres_per_person": null,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "ES",
      "country": "Spain",
      "authority": "Protección Civil y Emergencias (DGPCE)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.proteccioncivil.es/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 2,
      "total_litres_per_person": 6,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "SE",
      "country": "Sweden",
      "authority": "Krisinformation.se",
      "authority_url": "https://www.krisinformation.se",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 7,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 21,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": 30
    },
    {
      "country_code": "CH",
      "country": "Switzerland",
      "authority": "BABS / OFPP (Federal Office for Civil Protection)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.babs.admin.ch/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 7,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 1.3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9.1,
      "iodine_on_official_list": true,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": true,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "UK",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "authority": "Prepare Campaign (Cabinet Office)",
      "authority_url": "https://prepare.campaign.gov.uk/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3,
      "total_litres_per_person": 9,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    },
    {
      "country_code": "US",
      "country": "United States",
      "authority": "Ready.gov (FEMA / DHS)",
      "authority_url": "https://www.ready.gov/",
      "self_sufficiency_days": 3,
      "litres_per_person_per_day": 3.785,
      "total_litres_per_person": 11.4,
      "iodine_on_official_list": false,
      "designated_shelter_in_guidance": false,
      "prescription_medication_days": null
    }
  ]
}